Publications

Publications (2014-Current)

30. Effects of Catalyst Morphology on Oxygen Defects at Ni-CeO2 Interfaces for CO2 Methanation. Samiha Bhat, Miguel Sepúlveda-Pagán, Eranda Nikolla* and Yomaira J. Pagán-Torres*, Catalysis Science & Technology (accepted) 2024.

29. Superior single- and multi-component siloxane removal from water using a faulted silica DON zeolite adsorbent. Dariana Vega-Santander, Rodinson Arrieta-Pérez, Daniela Rivera-Mirabal, Gabriela Del Valle-Pérez, Miguel Sepúlveda-Pagán, Juan Muñoz-Senmache, Yomaira Pagán-Torres and Arturo J. Hernández-Maldonado, Environmental Science: Advances, 2024. 

28. Strategies for Designing the Catalytic Environment Beyond the Active Site of Heterogeneous Supported Metal Catalysts. Samiha Bhat, Yomaira J. Pagán-Torres* and Eranda Nikolla*, Top. Catal., 2023. 

27. Optimizing Sustainable Energy Generation in Ethanol Fuel Cells: An Exploration of Carrageenan with TiO2 Nanoparticles and Ni/CeO2 Composites. Ermides Chavez-Baldovino, Carlos A Malca-Reyes, Roberto Masso, Peter Feng, Adrian Camacho, Janeth Sarmiento, Justin I Borrero Negrón, Yomaira J Pagán-Torres and Liz M Díaz-Vázquez, ACS Omega, 2023. 

26. New Platinum Complexes from Salen- and Hydroxy-Substituted Salpn-Naphthalene Ligands with CO2 Reduction Activity. Javier O Rivera-Reyes, Joesene Soto-Pérez, Miguel Sepulveda-Pagán, Linguo Lu, Justin Borrero-Negrón, Alanys V Luna-Ramírez, Pedro Trinidad-Pérez, Yomaira Pagán-Torres, Zhongfang Chen, Carlos R Cabrera, William C West, John-Paul Jones and Dalice M Piñero Cruz, Catalysts, 2023.

25. Removal of linear siloxanes and dimethyl sulfone from water using hierarchical zeolite porous carbon adsorbents. Dariana R Vega-Santander, Juan C Muñoz-Senmache, Justin Borrero-Negrón, Yomaira J Pagán-Torres and Arturo J Hernández-Maldonado, J. Hazard. Mater., 2022.

24. Supported bifunctional molybdenum oxide-palladium catalysts for selective hydrodeoxygenation of biomass-derived polyols and 1,4-anhydroerythritol. Sandra Albarracin-Suazo, Lucas Freitas de Lima e Freitas, Blake MacQueen, Andreas Heyden, Jochen A Lauterbach, Eranda Nikolla* and Yomaira J Pagán-Torres*, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng.,  2022.

23. Selective C−O Bond Cleavage of Bio‐Based Organic Acids over Palladium Promoted MoOx/TiO2. Ayad Nacy, Lucas Freitas de Lima e Freitas, Sandra Albarracín‐Suazo, Génesis Ruiz‐Valentín, Charles A Roberts, Eranda Nikolla* and Yomaira J Pagán‐Torres*, ChemCatChem, 2021. 

22. Kinetics Study of the Hydrodeoxygenation of Xylitol over a ReOx-Pd/CeO2 Catalyst. Blake MacQueen, Michael Royko, Bradie S Crandall, Andreas Heyden and Yomaira J Pagán-Torres, Jochen Lauterbach, Catalysts, 2021.

21. Deoxydehydration of 1,4-anhydroerythritol over anatase TiO2 (101)-supported ReOx and MoOx. Yongjie Xi, Jochen Lauterbach, Yomaira Pagan-Torres and Andreas Heyden, Catalysis Science & Technology, 2020.

20. In-situ oxygen isotopic exchange vibrational spectroscopy of rhenium oxide surface structures on cerium oxide.  Blake MacQueen, Benjamin Ruiz-Yi, Michael Royko, Andreas Heyden, Yomaira J Pagan-Torres, Christopher Williams and Jochen Lauterbach,  J. Phys. Chem. C, 2020. 

19. DFT study on the effect of aluminum position in Zn-exchanged MFI on methane activation. Sandra C Albarracín-Suazo, Yomaira J Pagán-Torres and María C Curet-Arana, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2019.

18. Optimum Reaction Conditions for 1,4-Anhydroerythritol and Xylitol Hydrodeoxygenation over a ReOx–Pd/CeO2 Catalyst via Design of Experiments. Blake MacQueen, Elizabeth Barrow, Gerardo Rivera Castro, Yomaira Pagan-Torres, Andreas Heyden and Jochen Lauterbach, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2019.

17. Mechanistic study of the ceria supported, re-catalyzed deoxydehydration of vicinal OH groups. Yongjie Xi, Wenqiang Yang, Salai Cheettu Ammal, Jochen Lauterbach, Yomaira Pagan-Torres and Andreas Heyden, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2018.

16. Density functional theory (DFT) study to unravel the catalytic properties of M-exchanged MFI, (M= Be, Co, Cu, Mg, Mn, Zn) for the conversion of methane and carbon dioxide to Methane and Carbon Dioxide to Acetic Acid. Brian D Montejo-Valencia and Yomaira J Pagán-Torres, María M Martínez-Iñesta, María C Curet-Arana, ACS Catalysis, 2017. 

15. Advances in methane conversion processes. Bingwen Wang, Sandra Albarracín-Suazo, Yomaira Pagán-Torres and Eranda Nikolla,  Catalysis Today, 2017. 

14. Well-defined nanostructures for catalysis by atomic layer deposition.  Yomaira J Pagán-Torres, Junling Lu, Eranda Nikolla and Ana C Alba-Rubio, Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, 2017.

13. Low-temperature oligomerization of 1-butene with H-ferrierite. Yong Tae Kim, Joseph P Chada, Zhuoran Xu, Yomaira J Pagan-Torres, Devon C Rosenfeld, William L Winniford, Eric Schmidt, and George W Huber, Journal of Catalysis, 2015. 

12. CoMoS/K catalysts for higher alcohol synthesis from syngas prepared by mechano-chemical activation of molybdenite. Kalin Simeonov, Jae Hyung Kim, Daniela Ferrari, Douglas Huelsman, Gerolamo Budroni, Steven Corthals and Yomaira J Pagán-Torres, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2014.

Publications (2006-2011)

11. Influence of alkali and alkaline earth metal salts on glucose conversion to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural in an aqueous system. Elliot Combs, Basak Cinlar, Yomaira Pagan-Torres, James A Dumesic and Brent H Shanks, Catalysis Communications, 2013. 

10. Characterization of Niobia Deposited via Atomic Layer Deposition on Mesoporous Silica for Improved Hydrothermal Stability. Hien Pham, Andrew Anderson, Abhaya Datye, Yomaira Pagan-Torres and James A. Dumesic, Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2012.

9. Water-compatible Lewis acid-catalyzed conversion of carbohydrates to 5-hyroxymethylfurfural in a biphasic solvent system. Tianfu Wang, Yomaira J Pagán-Torres, Elliot J Combs, James A Dumesic and Brent H Shanks, Topics in Catalysis, 2012.

8. Production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural from glucose using a combination of Lewis and Brønsted acid catalysts in water in a biphasic reactor with an alkylphenol solvent. Yomaira J Pagan-Torres, Tianfu Wang, Jean Marcel R Gallo, Brent H Shanks and James A Dumesic, ACS Catalysis, 2012.

7. Atomic layer deposition of titanium phosphate on silica nanoparticles. Monika K Wiedmann, David HK Jackson, Yomaira J Pagan-Torres, Eunkyung Cho, James A Dumesic and Thomas F Kuech, Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A, 2012.

6. Sn-Beta catalysed conversion of hemicellulosic sugars. Martin S Holm, Yomaira J Pagán-Torres, Shunmugavel Saravanamurugan, Anders Riisager, James A Dumesic and Esben Taarning, Green Chemistry, 2012.

5. Catalytic conversion of biomass using solvents derived from lignin. Pooya Azadi, Ronald Carrasquillo-Flores, Yomaira Pagán-Torres, Elif I Gürbüz, Ramin Farnood, James A Dumesic and Green Chemistry, 2012.

4. The selective hydrogenation of biomass-derived 5-HMF using heterogeneous catalysts. Ricardo Alamillo, Mark Tucker, Mei Chia, Yomaira Pagán-Torres and James Dumesic, Green Chemistry, 2012.

3. Synthesis of highly ordered hydrothermally stable mesoporous niobia catalysts by atomic layer deposition. Yomaira J Pagán-Torres, Jean Marcel R Gallo, Dong Wang, Hien N Pham, Joseph A Libera, Christopher L Marshall, Jeffrey W Elam, Abhaya K Datye and James A Dumesic, ACS Catalysis, 2011.

2. Selective hydrogenolysis of polyols and cyclic ethers over bifunctional surface sites on rhodium-rhenium catalysts. Mei Chia, Yomaira J Pagán-Torres, David Hibbitts, Qiaohua Tan, Hien N Pham, Abhaya K Datye, Matthew Neurock, Robert J Davis, and James A Dumesic, JACS, 2011.

1. Improved Hydrothermal Stability of Niobia-Supported Pd Catalysts. Hien N Pham, Yomaira J Pagan-Torres, Juan Carlos Serrano-Ruiz, Dong Wang, James A Dumesic, Abhaya K Datye, Applied Catalysis A: General, 2011.